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• Haitian adoptee with disabilities returns to U.S., seeks ‘freedom’ after years of ordeal The Haitian Times | Mar 19, 2026 | expose

  Joie Laughlin, a 21-year-old Haitian adoptee with disabilities, has returned to the United States after being sent to Haiti and left stranded for months. She alleges years of abuse in the U.S. and at a Jamaican boarding school. Joie is now seeking freedom and stability, and her attorney plans to sue the boarding school and her adoptive parents for labor trafficking and failing to support a disabled adult.